Indian Romance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB BBAA CCDE FFGH HGHH IIII JJAA KKGG| We know a hill is smooth and round | A |
| Where Indian relics may be found | A |
| This hill it hath a history | B |
| Though enveloped in mystery | B |
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| All the youth do fondly glory | B |
| For to read an Indian story | B |
| This hill was ancient camping ground | A |
| In creek near by did trout abound | A |
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| And from hill top they caught a gleam | C |
| Of the river's broader stream | C |
| They came in their birch bark canoes | D |
| Into this place of rendezvous | E |
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| When States did Canada invade | F |
| Great Indian host was here arrayed | F |
| Here they rallied from near and far | G |
| In eighteen hundred and twelve war | H |
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| Chief big Wolfe led them on to war | H |
| And bade farewell to morning star | G |
| He wedded her one year before | H |
| And her he fondly did adore | H |
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| To him she never seemed so sweet | I |
| Her dress had beads worked o'er so neat | I |
| And her toilet to complete | I |
| Grand moccasins upon her feet | I |
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| Tribe marches and they boldly fight | J |
| Longside of Brock on Queenstown height | J |
| With glory they do return crowned | A |
| Into the hill so smooth and round | A |
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| Here big Wolfe drank much fire water | K |
| And it led to his own slaughter | K |
| His death alas did blast and mar | G |
| And dimmed the light of morning star | G |
James Mcintyre
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